This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 239 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 239 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Lisa ate jumbo shrimp last night for supper is an example of ..... A) Idiom. B) Allusion. C) Oxymoron. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. 2. A contrast between the expected outcome and the actual way things turn out A) Plot. B) Parody. C) Irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 3. The under-appreciated woman couldn't wait for the new dawn to arrive. Her mind couldn't handle anymore turmoil for the day. What does "the new dawn" symbolize for the woman? A) A package arriving. B) The sun rising. C) A fresh start. D) A new mind. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A fresh start. 4. Makes a direct comparison between two things that are not normally viewed as similar A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 5. The thirsty grass drank in the rain. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. E) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 6. What is a foil character? A) The main character (protagonist) of a literary work, especially one who exhibits admirable traits such as courage and righteousness;. B) A foil is a character who contrasts with another character,. C) Hints at later events in the story. D) A commonly used figure of speech with a meaning that differs from its literal meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A foil is a character who contrasts with another character,. 7. She asked if she would use the restroom . A) Euphemism. B) Pun. C) Irony. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Euphemism. 8. When you give human characteristics to non-human objects or elements. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Imagery. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 9. The main events in a narrative/story A) Exposition. B) Foil. C) Plot. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plot. 10. When and where the story takes place describes which literary device? A) Theme. B) Point of view. C) Conflict. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Setting. 11. Figure of repetition that occurs when the first word or set of words in one sentence, clause, or phrase is/are repeated at or very near the beginning of successive sentences, clauses, or phrases A) Flashback. B) Alliteration. C) Anaphora. D) Cliche. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. 12. The passing of reference to something or someone to represent ideas or qualities. A) Hyperbole. B) Symbolism. C) Rhyme. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 13. As he walked along the beach, he noticed how the palm trees danced in the wind. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 14. In this great big house, I felt as small as a mouse. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Rhyme. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme. 15. When a character struggles with their own opposing beliefs or desires A) Direct Characterization. B) Indirect Characterization. C) Internal Conflict. D) External Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Internal Conflict. 16. Which literary device is defined as the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form? A) Personification. B) Pun. C) Hyperbole. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 17. Forshadowing is: A) Part of a situation that is the opposite of what you expect. B) Hints about future events. C) Showing events from the past. Reliving a memory. D) Giving human characteristics to non-human things. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hints about future events. 18. What is the correct order of the sequence of events within a story? A) Rising Action, Exposition, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution. B) Climax, Resolution, Rising Action, Falling Action, Exposition. C) Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution. D) Resolution, Falling Action, Climax, Rising Action, Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution. 19. What is this an example of? "Did you hear 'bout Ticklish Tom He got ticked by his mom. Wiggled and giggled and fell on the floor. Laughed and rolled right out that door." A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 20. Occurs when major conflicts begin to be solved: A) Falling Action. B) Climax. C) Resolution. D) Flashback. 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